SERIES OF KILLINGS AMONG PEOPLE FROM TEPELENA, THE VICTIM IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF JANI ALIAJ The young man was also the target of an assassination attempt in August 2016 near the former Bus Park. Police find the burned-out vehicle suspected of being used in the crime. How the revenge between the two rival groups of Elton Çiço and Jani Aliaj began (In photo:) The car in which N[e]lgert Pata was killed. The victim Pata, 34 years old. Jani Aliaj, Pata’s friend. Elton Çiço, the rival killed in Ish-Bllok On page 5

Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The Marxist axiom that it is easy to make a revolution, but difficult to keep it going, is being put to a new historical test in Southeastern Europe, ... The silent Russian counterrevolution in the Balkans Continues on page 19

2,000 families will benefit The number of applications is increasing, so far 1,300 people have filled out the form By ERMELINDA HOXHAJ The number of homeless families that have applied at the Municipality of Tirana to benefit from a soft loan has risen to 1300. Meanwhile, according to data from the municipality, applications continue in all administrative units of the capital. The application these two months On page 9

The brother of Sadik Premte: How we discussed the works of Ismail Kadare in the cell “Sigurimi made three assassination attempts even in France against ‘Xhepit’. Halim Xhelo drove me out of the orphanage when he recognized me” By REZARTA DELISULA A few days ago, at the promotional ceremony for the book “Kadare in the Documents of the Palace of Dreams” (published by “UET PRESS”), by our colleague Dashnor Kaloçi, among those who spoke was 81-year-old Zija Lepenica, who aroused the curiosity of those present, not only because he had spent 25 years in political prison under Enver Hoxha’s communist regime, but also because of what he said about the well-known writer Ismail Kadare. Both his personal views and those of his fellow sufferers in Enver Hoxha’s political prisons, as well as what his own brother, Sadik Premte, told him, one of Enver Hoxha’s most formidable opponents from On pages 10-11

INCIDENTS AND ACCUSATIONS OF VOTE BUYING On pages 2-3

INTERVIEW / ROLAND BALLA REVEALS DETAILS FROM THE CELEBRATION On pages 14-15

DIASPORA, GALA EVENING On page 4

6 ARRESTED On page 7

FUSHE-KRUJE On page 6

ANALYSIS On page 18